Breaking -- The human race has waived Josh Smith: 2014-15 regular season thread part 2

in college my mom would send me chili's gift cards

as far as those kinda chains go it's the best imo

Chilis chips and salsa are unparalleled

refs had to reviews a play in a the 4th quarter of a blowout in this phx/portland game and the announcers were kinda running out of stuff to say. they cut to the secaucus replay command center and the play by play guy says "you know, if you like hoops and computers and stuff that'd be a good job to have" and i was like **NODS**

solid commentary tbh

at celtics-hornets someone in the audience (in charlotte) in the first row was out of their seat for the final 2 mins and like p much standing on the court, the mics were picking up his arguments with every foul call, c'mon charlotte can't you lock that shit down

was it mj, was he arguing with his bookie?

lol nah he keeps that shit confined to the owners' box where he bets heavily against charlotte in every game, then chugs from a flask and makes it to somewhere in the stands so the cameras can get footage of him pretending to care

(it was a whitefolk, unless MJ's disguise game has gotten waaaay inventive)

"doc, Avery's pissed from that clippers waxing last night. he's gonna light us the fuck up. yeah ok. and don't you go upping the vig on me like last time. the vig stays at 5 percent or I take back those shoes I sent to your kid's AAU team. alright bye." *hangs up phone, glug* "k, now just think about shoes, mike, you have an interview later, something about how the born ready clothing line is selling better than expected..."

Korver had a nice minute last night: https://youtu.be/e4BSrh5GbtI

as far as those kinda chains go it's the best imo

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, March 31, 2015 12:15 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i actually do agree with this in that last time i went there the food was not offensive but just extremely bland.

.002 separating Boston and Brooklyn.

It was just one game, but the Clippers’ annihilation of Boston on Sunday was a reminder that the playoff-chasing Celtics of 2015 are a cute feel-good story — and little more.

wow zach lowe extremely rude

that colummn is less annoying than its headline implies but it's still pretty annoying. it's really hard to bottom out two years in a row in the east with a competent coach and gm so i don't think it should be surprising/weird to anyone that the celtics focused on getting better.

how does it in any way damper what the celtics have done (with what they have) to lose to a WC finals/arguable title contender that has the #2 offense in the league

I'm guessing as usual it's z Lowe overreacting to maniacs on Twitter overreacting and saying things like "c's gonna win the chip this year lock it"

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/12590575/new-york-knicks-president-phil-jackson-makes-plea-season-ticket-holders?ex_cid=espnnbaTwitter

"We have made key roster moves to free up significant cap space that will provide us greater flexibility to acquire talent in this summer's free agency."

...which will be B+ at best and whom we will overpay (in terms of who'd realistically go there)

"And for the first time in many years, we expect to have a top pick in the NBA Draft this June."

...which we would trade for a vet free agent given half a chance

xp first off love the new DN as sad as it is to see you abandon the wall

secondly, i guess that's kinda fair, i haven't seen those people but i'm sure they exist

SportsCenter ‏@SportsCenter 2m2 minutes ago
THIS JUST IN: Derrick Rose plays in full contact 5-on-5 scrimmage for 1st time since having surgery on right knee.

like sand through the hourglass

dubs clips 2nite perfectly timed for ilx controversy

dray out

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12588495/no-3-russell-westbrook

More objective evidence that the Objective Juiceman is objectively juicing

Dunks By The Numbers

21.6 mph: Westbrook's top speed when driving to the basket. At this rate, he dribbles only once every 16.2 feet.

27.16: Maximum acceleration, in feet per second squared, during Westbrook's coast-to-coast play. Sprinter Usain Bolt's acceleration is 31 feet per second squared.

3.36 seconds: Time it takes Westbrook to travel from baseline to baseline. That's more than half a second faster than the time it takes a typical NBA player to cover the same distance.

11.5 feet: Height of the ball at the top of his vertical-more than 5 feet above Westbrook's height of 6-foot-3.

9 feet: Horizontal distance Westbrook flew after taking off on the dunk. His air time during that flight: more than half a second.

18.1 feet: Projected length of that jump if he didn't need to put the ball through the rim. It's the average length of a pickup truck.

900 degrees per second: Approximate rotational velocity of Westbrook's forearms during the overhead two-handed jam. Combine his flight speed and the angular speed of his forearms, and the math says his hands were moving at more than 40 mph.

297: Number of Westbrook's career dunks (through March 24), or 0.85 every 48 minutes.* The average 6-foot-3 player dunks 0.03 times every 48 minutes.

6: Factor by which he dunks more often than a player his height should.* His dunk rate suggests that he plays more like someone who's 6-9.

Hey, Mr. Juicyjuice Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning, I'll come dunkin' on you

dray out

― lag∞n, Tuesday, March 31, 2015 12:17 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is sad, all that buildup with the "cool story glenn" thing. they better meet in the playoffs.

Girlfriend was unimpressed by that Zach Lowe essay.

-* Kevin Love sucks.

• I’m a Celtics fan. I’d rather cheer for a team that wins half their games over fives years than a team that wins every game for two years after losing all of them for five.

honestly i love chili's

I used to like it but the new burgers are so small. Getting rid of the awesome blossom is a war crime, too.

It was better than Applebee's, Applebee's has really fallen apart.

etaeoe, i'm jealous that you exchange NBA-related emails with your girlfriend

@SBondyNYDN
Lionel Hollins says he doesn't believe in resting players: "I don’t think managing your minutes lengthens your career by one minute."

oh lionelpaws

ugh isiah subbing in on inside the NBA :/

kawhi_literally_taking_the_ball_from_wades_raised_hands.gif

Hah kawhi just yanked the ball away from Wade and Wade barely moved to try to do anything about it

Lol xp

@SBondyNYDN
Lionel Hollins says he doesn't believe in resting players: "I don’t think managing your minutes lengthens your career by one minute."

― polyphonic, Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:38 PM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is probably true if you're talking about your coaching career

Hah kawhi just yanked the ball away from Wade and Wade barely moved to try to do anything about it
--juice college (agent hibachi)

it was so beautiful and hilarious, just like, "dwyane...dwyane. what do you really think you can do with that ball. let me have that. here...okay. don't be sad. gabrielle's at home."

pistons are up by 15 on the hawks despite being out rebounded

danny green and kawhi are ruining d-wade's fucking life

it's beautiful

Love the foul. Fuel the rivalry

Lmao flagrant review in the first 142 seconds

When it existed, the similar style Awesome Blossom at Chili's was ranked "Worst Appetizer in America" by Men's Health magazine in 2008 for the unusually high totals of calories and fat, with 2,710 calories, 203 grams (1,827 calories) of fat, 194 grams of carbohydrates, and 6,360 milligrams of sodium, with as much fat as 67 strips of bacon.

Remember those first three years when Bogut wasn't injured that much but also wasn't very good?

_When it existed, the similar style Awesome Blossom at Chili's was ranked "Worst Appetizer in America" by Men's Health magazine in 2008 for the unusually high totals of calories and fat, with 2,710 calories, 203 grams (1,827 calories) of fat, 194 grams of carbohydrates, and 6,360 milligrams of sodium, with as much fat as 67 strips of bacon._

RIP

with as much fat as 67 strips of bacon._

!!!

need draymondo

that thing... is disgusting

from dray to lee has got to be one of the larger defensive downgrades in the league

Haha yah

Think outback has a similar appetizer called the bloomin onion which is equally as death inducing